Richard Stockton (senator)

Richard Stockton (17 April 1764-7 March 1828) was a US Senator from New Jersey from 12 November 1796 to 3 March 1799, succeeding Frederick Frelinghuysen and preceding Jonathan Dayton, and a member of the US House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd district from 4 March 1813 to 3 March 1815 (New Jersey had at-large districts before and after his term). He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Richard Stockton was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1764, the son of US Declaration of Independence signer Richard Stockton. In 1784, he was admitted to the bar, and he served out the remainder of Frederick Frelinghuysen's unexpired US Senate term from 1796 to 1799. He also served in the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815, but he declined to run for reelection, and he died in 1828.